Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dum simian]

Not bad.

I liked the design of the simian and also the way the electricity was animated.

However, when the simian was electrocuted, he should have been vibrating more rapidly, or maybe you should have seen the electricity running through him or something.

When I first saw it, I thought he'd managed to get his hand out at one point, when it was supposed to still be in.

[Abumination ¹]

Nicely animated and nice sounds, but...

...it's just kinda unoriginal and unexciting.

Still, it was OK while it lasted and if you made a full movie with those characters (with a plot and everything) it could be quality.

Good work, but you can do better.

I have faith in you. ;)

Stay funky,
Bez

[BAKKI BEEP attacks]

Hmmm...

Well, it does look really good, like all well done fbf animation.

However, as you no doubt know, it still doesn't merit a good score. It's just not entertaining.

I know how it feels to take a lot of time over something like this - I spent 6 hours making a fbf animation that just said 'free blam point' quite a while ago...

Don't give up. Use the experience you've gained to make better stuff faster and more efficiently!

Seriously though, 3 months? How many hours did you spend on it?

This just seems like something which I'd expect to take maybe a week...

[MOO?]

Maybe if I'd seen the ad...

...I might have found it funny.

As it was, it was 'merely' an entertaining piece, well drawn, well animated and with some nice audio.

[Like Goo ( blue )]

Nice characterisation.

The bit with the rope coming down was quite nice, and I also liked the way he was malleable (although this could have been explored a bit more).

My biggest complaint is that he had the same expression on his face for the majority of the movie. It would have been nice had you animated it a bit more to give him even more character.

You seem like a pretty talented artist though.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Kashinnu Episode 9]

Stuff is stated too explicitly

I really didn't like the way the demon said what was going on so explicitly. It seemed patronising and needless.

This wasn't so bad that I don't care what happens next, but neither am I specially eager to find out.

It's just a bit of an annoyance that I can't see the next episode now.

A large portion of the annoyance is that it's pretty easy to predict what's going to happen in the next episode. (Not specifically, but in general terms at least.)

If you'd had some more genuine twists throughout the series, the short chapter format might have been more acceptable.

Still, I do hope the remaining episodes come out soon and I wish you the best of luck with any future flash you do.

I see you've experimented a bit with lines throughout this series. Maybe learning to animate and introducing simple animations, even if you're going to keep your non-animated style, might be nice.

It'd be nice to have smoke actually fade away, and beams actually lengthen, and some simple movement, all within your current style.

Still, it's obviously up to you.

In any case, stay funky,
Bez

Jon-Mahashintina responds:

Thanx I'll try that.

[Kashinnu Episode 8]

I'm starting to dread the wait...

Having watched the 2nd last episode you've uploaded so far, I'm starting to wonder how much of a pain waiting for #10 will be...

In any case, this was a fairly enjoyable watch, although slightly derivative.

I think the series was better when it didn't centre so exclusively around the fights.

It's obvious that goods going to win, and to be honest, you haven't given any of the characters enough dimensions to make me genuinely care about them.

I'm sorry to say this, but for a fight scene, you really need good graphics and animation.

You're not able to have any stunning choreography due to your fps, and nothing really surprised me apart from in the 1st episode.

Unless you throw a spanner in the works soon, I'm going to have to say that this - overall - became worse and more derivative after the 1st episode.

Still, as I said in a previous review, it has been (only just) entertaining and interesting enough to keep me watching.

Kind of like daytime TV.

Jon-Mahashintina responds:

I've actually already finished this series all ready so the ending is all done and stuff. The next series I'm currently working on and I'm taking all your reviews into account though.